Authors: Paul G. Falkowski, John A. Raven
ISBN-13: 9780691115504, ISBN-10: 0691115508
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: January 2007
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Paul G. Falkowski is Board of Governors Professor in Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology in the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and the Department of Geological Sciences at Rutgers University. He has published numerous articles in "Science, Nature", and "Scientific American". John A. Raven is Boyd Baxter Professor of Biology at the University of Dundee, Scotland. His books include "Energetics and Transport in Aquatic Plants".
"Aquatic Photosynthesis is an excellent reference text for undergraduate-level courses and is a good text for specialist courses (advanced undergraduate and postgraduate). Everyone who works on aquatic photosynthesis should own this text and most people entering the field at the postgraduate or professional level will purchase it."Richard J. Geider, University of Essex
"It's a great book. It will be very useful for all biologists and oceanographers."Govindjee, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Despite the ubiquity and critical importance of this topic to the study of aquatic ecology, there are very few books dedicated primarily to aquatic photosynthesis, and none cover the subject matter with comparable elegance or continuity from the molecule to the ecosystem as does this one, authored by two of the leading researchers in the subject.... [I]t is a pleasure to have this important volume back in print after a hiatus of several years. No other text covers the subject as lucidly or completely as this one, and that makes it an extremely valuable pedagogical reference. It will be a welcome addition to any library or personal collection.
Preface | ||
Ch. 1 | An Introduction to Photosynthesis in Aquatic Systems | 1 |
Ch. 2 | Light Absorption and Energy Transfer in the Photosynthetic Apparatus | 33 |
Ch. 3 | The Photosynthetic Light Reactions | 65 |
Ch. 4 | Photosynthetic Electron Transport and Photophosphorylation | 96 |
Ch. 5 | Carbon Acquisition and Assimilation | 128 |
Ch. 6 | The Molecular Structure of the Photosynthetic Apparatus | 163 |
Ch. 7 | Photosynthesis in Continuous Light | 193 |
Ch. 8 | Making Cells | 228 |
Ch. 9 | Photosynthesis and Primary Production in Nature | 263 |
Ch. 10 | Aquatic Photosynthesis in Biogeochemical Cycles | 300 |
Index | 360 |